Joseph E. Hill v. Trustees of Indiana University

I concur in the result reached by the majority. With due respect, however, I feel obliged to state that I reach that result by different reasoning.

In this civil- rights case plaintiff, a former Indiana University (I.U.) graduate student appeals the district court’s memorandum opinion of October 17,1974, dismissing with prejudice his suit, inter alia, for money damages against an I.U. professor, the I.U. trustees as a corporate entity, and the I.U. trustees individually. Plaintiff’s complaint is based upon actions by I.U. officials after a plagiarism charge was lodged against him by Professor…